Africoptilium marginatum Johnson, 1967

Darby, Michael, 2019, Studies of Ptiliidae (Coleoptera) in the Spirit Collection of the Natural History Museum, London, 6: New species and records collected by W. C. Block in Kenya and Uganda, 1964 - 1965, Entomologist’s Monthly Magazine 155, pp. 239-257 : 245

Africoptilium marginatum Johnson, 1967

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Remarks: Very distinctive genus of Ptiliidae described by Johnson on the basis of two species A. marginatum and A. mimicum from the Congo, and a third A. concinnum from Tanzania. Grebennikov (2009) also records seeing indeterminate examples from these countries. These are the first examples of the genus to be recorded from Uganda.

Material examined

2 exs, UGANDA: Mabira Forest, 40 miles E. Kampala, tropical rain forest, x.1965, 0°20′N, 33°8′E, leg. W.C. Block, B.M. 1978-472 ( BMNH).

Figures

Fig. 5. — Discheramocephalini. Dacrysoma sp., A, habitus. Africoptilium marginatum Johnson, B, habitus. Fenestillidium kakamegaense Grebennikov, C, habitus.